Ghabou Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Ghabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Senegal | 32 | 1:455,604 | 2,071 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
Ghabou (33) may also be a first name.
Ghabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﺑﻮ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghabou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,007,164th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghabou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 33 people.
The last name is most widespread in Niger, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 468,098. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 44 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 32 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 22 percent reside. Other than Niger Ghabou exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 37 percent reside and Mauritania, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﺑﻮ | qabw | 54.55 |
| ﻏﺎﺑﻮ | ghabw | 36.36 |
| ﻗﺎﺏ | qab | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghabou
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